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E. D. SMITH.

, -NBGKTIE. No. 309,659 Patented DemZS, 1884.,

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EDVIN I). SMITH, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

NECKTiE.

EPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,659, dated December23, 1884:.

(No model.)

To U whom it rim/y concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN D. SMITH, of

The invention consists in a shield for necle wear, made of sheet metal,hard rubber, celluloid, or analogous hard materiahand provided on itsrear surface with wings for securing the fabric, and a pivoted tongue orlatch forlocle ing the shield on the collar-button.

The invention further consists in the combination, with the said shield,of ribbons or view of the same.

bands of fabric secured to the same in such a manner as to expose partof the front of the shield.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in

which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in allthe figures.

Figure l is a front view of a cravat pro vided with my improvement. Fig.2 is a rear Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 4 isa cross-sectional elevation of a modification. Fig. 5 is a rear view ofanother modification. Fig. 6 is a face view of the metal tongue usuallyeniploycd in the end of the'neckloand of a cravat. Figs. 7, S, 9, 10,11,14, and 15 are rear views of different constructions of my 1111-proved shield. Fi g. 12 is a crosssectional elevation of theconstruction shown in Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is an inside perspective view ofthe shield usually employed in cravats.

The ribbon or other fabric, A, of which the cravat is made is folded inthe usual manner; but in place of being secured to a shield, A, made ofpasteboard and covered with fabric, as has been customary, which shieldis shown in Fig. 13, the bands of fabric A are secured to the sidewings, B, of a metal shield, O, in such a manner that atriangularor likeshaped part of the face of the shield shows between the upper ends ofthe bands. The exposed part of the front of the shield is to beenameled, engraved, plated with gold, silver, or nickel, ornamented withjewels, or ornamented in any other suitable manner.

In the middle of the part a a recess, 6, is formed, in the base of whichan aperture is provided,through which aperture the head d of acollar-button, D, can be passed. The head (1 will then be held withinthe recess 1), and if the head of the collar-button is orna mented withaprecious stonethe said precious stone will show in the middle of theexposed part a of the shield (l.

If desired, the fabric or ribbon A can cover the entire front surface ofthe shield. To the back of the shield a latch or tongue,E, is pivoted atthe upper edge, in which tongue an aperture, E, is formed, from which ashorter slot, E extends upward. Preferably the upper part of the tongueis provided with a recess, E", to receive the head cl of the button D.One of the wings B is provided with a projecting pointed prong or tooth,F, which. passes into part of the neck-band G, for the purpose ofholding the same in place.

In place of a pointed tongue, one of the wings B of the shield can beprovided with a longitudinal spring-tongue, F, as shown in Fig. 5, underwhich the end of the band can pass.

if desired, the front of the shield can be providedwith a plain apertureand need not be recessed, although the recesses enhance the beauty ofthe shield.

- In place of the pivoted tongue E made of metal, (shown in Fig. 2,)atongue, H, made of spring-wire and hung on the back of the shield canbe used, as shown in Fig. 5. The collarbutton is passed through thespring-loop H and the loop is pulled downward, thereby causing the shankof the button to pass into a recess, H formed in the bottom edge of theback plate of the shield. The upper ends of 5 the loop H closeimmediately, and thus hold the button in place.

As shown in Figs. 7 and 8, a tongue, E,

made of a plate of metal, hard rubber, or analogous material can becombined with a springwire loop, H, Fig. 7 showing the outer view, andFig. 8 the inner view of the said combined tongue. In this case theshank of the button is held between the upper end of the slot E in thetongue E and the upper ends of the spring-wire loop H. The tongue E ishinged to the shield at its upper end, and the lower end of thespring-wire tongue II is so cured on the lower end of the tongue E.

In place of tongues, latches can be used, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10,the latches being pivoted on the back of the shield to swing in theplane parallel with'thc shield.

As shown in Fig. 9, the latch J is provided at its upper end with acurved prong, J, which passesunder the shank of the collarbutton andpresses the shank against the upper end of the slot J in the back of theshield. The latch J is provided with a hook-prong, K, adapted to catchon the outer edge of one of the wings B of the shield, for the purposeof holding the latch in place. In place of the latch J a latch, L,(shown in Fig. 10,) can be used, which is provided with an aperture, L,from which a curved slot, L, extends upward.

' This latch hangs vertically and is locked in position automaticallyand by its own weight, the collar-button shank being held in the upperend of the slot J in the shield, and in the upper end of the curved slotL of the latch. If desired, the tongue or the latch can be dispensedwith. In this case the back of the shield is provided with the apertureM, from which a slot, M, extends upward, the front and back plates ofthe shield being provided with recesses, as shown in Figs. 11 and 12. Inthis case the head of the button is passed through the aperture M andthen the shield is drawn downward to cause the shank to pass through theslot M until the head passes into the recesses.

In the construction shown in Fig. 15 the shield is provided with onlythe two wings B, and with a slot, 0, extending down from the upper edgeand having its lower end within a recess, 0, in the front of the shield.In this case the shank of the button passes down through the slot fromthe upper edge of the shield and the cravat is held in place 011 theneck and on the collar-button by means of the band G only. In Fig. let asimilar construction is shown, in which the shield is provided with asimple aperture, I, through which the head of the button passes. In allcases the shield is provided with the two wings B for securing thefabric, band, or ribbon of which the cravat is made. The upper edge ofthe shield is not covered with fabric, and this is one of the greatadvantages of my improved cravats and other neck-wear, for the beardwears off the upper edges of the cover of the usual shield. I havereplaced the curved upper edge by a metal 'edge which cannot be wornoff. As the lower parts of a cravat do not wear off, a cravat providedwith my improved shield will wear longer than other cravats. Besidesthis, the pasteboard or other like shields used in cravats heretoforebend and break easily and lose their stiff11ess,whereas my improvedshield always retains its stiffness.

By means of the latches and tongues a shield can be held securely on thecollar-button, and the neckband G can be dispensed with, or need only beused as an ornament.

The tongue shown in Fig. 6, which has usually been placed in the end ofthe neckband of a cravat, can be dispensed with, as in my improvedcravat the end of the band need not be forced in between the shield andthe fabric held on the front of the same, and therefore the end of theband need not be stiffened.

A cravat provided with my improved shield can be fastened more readilythan the usual cravats, as all that is necessary is to pass the head ofthe button through the aperture in the tongue and then pull the cravatdownward and press it toward the collar button, so that the head of thecollar-button will project through the aperture in the front of theplate provided with wings for fastening the fabric, and of a pivotedtongue or latch for locking the shield on the collar button,substantially as herein shown and described.

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2. The co1nbination,with a metal shield for tially as herein shown anddescribed.

4. In neck-wear, the combination, .with a shield made of metal, rubber,or analogous hard material, and having an aperture for the head of thecollar-button, of bands of fabric or ribbons held on the same in such amanner that part of the face of the shield around the aperture will beexposed to view, sub stantially as herein shown and described.

EDWIN 1). SMITH \Vitnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, (J. SEDGWIOK.

